Ex-deputy head of Kyrgyz Customs Service Rayimbek Matraimov extradited from Baku to Bishkek

In a dramatic turn of events on March 26, corrupt and once-powerful former customs official Rayimbek Matraimov was loaded onto a plane in Azerbaijan and flown to Kyrgyzstan to be arrested. Images circulated in local media showed Matraimov being hauled off a plane in handcuffs by masked agents with the State Committee for National Security, or GKNB. asiaplustj.info »